Taika Waititi and Rita Ora Are Producing A Musical Based On Fyre Festival
It’s a crazy story so why not make a musical out of it? Taika Waititi and Rita Ora are producing a musical based on the infamous Fyre Festival. The project follows Billy McFarland’s life story and the failed 2017 event that resulted in fraud charges.
Director Bryan Buckley said, “I never saw myself doing a theatrical musical comedy. But then again, I never saw something completely mind-bendingly ridiculous and intriguing as what went down with Fyre Festival.”
McFarland recently sold the Fyre Fest brand rights on eBay for $245,300 and won’t see a dime from the musical.